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Table of content

• BEGINN
• Contents
• Introduction: Living in the Plastic Age
• Living in the Age of Plastics
• Background of the Book: Inter- and Multidisciplinary Perspectives
• Overview of the Book
• References
• Explaining Agenda-Setting of the European Plastics Strategy. A Multiple Streams Analysis
• Introduction
• The Multiple Streams Framework
• Methods
• Plastics’ Rise onto the EU’s Agenda
• Problem and Politics Stream
• Institutional Changes, Policy Stream, and Coupling Process
• Conclusion
• References
• Microplastic in the Aquatic Environment
• Introduction
• Towards a Definition for Microplastics
• Analysis of Microplastics in the Aquatic Environment
• Transport, Distribution, and Retention of Microplastics in Aquatic Systems
• Effects of Microplastics on Aquatic Biota
• Complexity of the Microplastics Problem—A Challenge for Risk Assessment and Regulation
• References
• Risk Perception: The Case of Microplastics. A Discussion of Environmental Risk Perception Focused on the Microplastic Issue
• Introduction
• Hazard Characteristics
• Perceiver Characteristics
• Heuristics
• Emotions
• Mental Models
• Conclusions
• References
• Everyday Life With Plastics: How to Put Environmental Concern into Practice(s)
• Plastics in Everyday Life Practices
• Aims and Scope of the Empirical Study
• Methodology
• Consumer Awareness on Microplastics in Water Bodies
• Microplastics in Consumption Practices
• Lessons Learnt from the Analysis of Practices
• Eco-labelling as a Tool for Consumer Information on Microplastics?
• References
• Using Citizen Science to Understand Plastic Pollution: Implications for Science and Participants
• Using Citizen Science to Understand Plastic Pollution
• Methodology
• Results
• Discussion
• Conclusions and Outlook
• References
• Behavior Change as Part of the Solution for Plastic Pollution
• Introduction
• Behavior Change: From Theory to Practice
• Interventions: What Needs to be Considered for Successful Behavioral Interventions?
• Conclusion
• References
• Chemicals in Plastic Packaging: Challenges for Regulation and the Circular Economy
• Food Contact Materials
• Toxicity of Plastic Chemicals
• Risk Assessment of FCCs—Current Practice and Options for Improvement
• Regulatory Requirements and Enforcement Realities—Food Contact Plastics in Europe
• “Bioplastics”—Shifting Problems
• Safe and Circular—Circular Economy
• Conclusion
• References
• Circularity in the Plastic Age: Policymaking and Industry Action in the European Union
• Introduction
• Revisiting the Policy-Industry Nexus in the Circular Economy
• The Trajectory of EU Environmental Policy on Plastics
• The Evolving Policy-Industry Nexus
• Conclusions
• References
• Plastivores and the Persistence of Synthetic Futures
• Introduction
• The Evolution of Plastic-Eaters
• Persistent Toxicity and Microbial Kin
• Conclusions
• References
• Contributors
• Index